Ukungcola kuyinkinga enkulu yabalimi nabathengi. Abathengi baseMelika balahla iningi lalokhu abakulethela ezitolo zokudla - cishe amakhilogremu ayi-133 okudla ngonyaka - ngokwe-USDA, ngenani lama- $ 161 billion. Imvamisa lokhu kwenzeka ngoba imikhiqizo yonakalisa ngaphambi kokuba nesikhathi sokudla.
Abalimi bavame ukulahlekelwa eminye yemikhiqizo yabo ngenxa yezinambuzane namagciwane - ngokwesilinganiso, ukulahleka kusukela kumaphesenti ayisishiyagalombili kuya kwacishe kube ngama-30 wesitshalo, ngokuya ngesilimo esitshaliwe (ngokusho kocwaningo lwango-2019).
Ungasusa izinkinga ngezinambuzane nezifo uma uphatha amasimu ngemithi yokubulala izinambuzane. Kepha namhlanje, abathengi bakhathazeke kakhulu "ngenhlanzeko" nokuphepha kwemikhiqizo, futhi ukusetshenziswa kwamakhemikhali kulawulwa yimithetho eqinile. Ngaphansi kwale mibandela, abalimi baya ngokuya bekhetha okuthiwa ama-biopesticides, okuthi, ngokwe-US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), angabi nobuthi obuningi.
Kulesi siqephu seSayensi amaqiniso namaphutha, iGenetic Literacy Project, uJamie Bacher, isayensi yokuqanjwa kwamangqamuzana kanye nomsunguli wokuqalisa kwe-biotechnology Boost Biomes, ujoyine umhleli weClasson English we-GLP ukuxoxa ngendlela entsha yenkampani yakhe yokulawula izinambuzane nokukhuthaza uzinzo ukulima.
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